• Question: How has your work contributed to the safety of people in society and/or in a global scale?

    Asked by Champions x20 MUFC to Matthew, Neil, Paula, Pete, Philippa on 10 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by calan.
    • Photo: Philippa Jefferis

      Philippa Jefferis answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Have you ever been on a motorway where the signs above your head tell you that there are workforce in the road? Or that there is debris so to slow down? My company manages this system all across Wales – and many other clever pieces of technology that you may not be able to see.

      All of this technology is there to help manage and monitor the traffic on the roads, so we can keep an eye on the roads and help people who may get in trouble such as break down or get a flat tyre. It also helps us to manage traffic, so that if we see a queue building up we can reduce the speed of the road further up so as to slow traffic – it reduces a lot of accidents if people start to slow down on the approach to a queue rather than flying up behind it and slamming on their brakes.

      Also in the longer term, we can better understand how roads are used and look at ways in which to make changes to improve the safety and reliability of the road.

    • Photo: Neil Taylor

      Neil Taylor answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Hi!

      A lot of my work revolves around safety! In most industries, there are a certain set of rules and regulations that must be followed – these are brought together and published in documents called “Standards”. By making sure that pipeline designs are following the rules set out in these standards, I am ensuring the safety of people in society.

      In terms of doing this on a global scale, I’ve worked on pipelines that are based in the North Sea, The Gulf of Mexico, the Caspian Sea, and Western Australia. Pipelines are everywhere!

      Great question by the way – well done!

    • Photo: Pete Symons

      Pete Symons answered on 10 Mar 2015:

      Most certainly. I am currently the Safety Manager for the A400M ATLAS which is a multinational project to deliver the next generation of military transport aircraft, there are about 10 countries that have already bought the aircraft and potentially many more when Airbus start to try and sell some in the US, Canada and Australia.

      My role is to make the aircraft as safe as it can be and make sure it stay safe whist still being able to achieve the military roles it was designed for, such as transport vehicles, jumping out of it, doing medical evacuation etc.

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